Several weeks before Farragut captured New Orleans, a new kind of navy battle was fought off Hampton Roads, Virginia. It was the first battle between iron ships.

法拉古特占领新奥尔良前的几周时间里，一场新的海军战斗在弗吉尼亚州的汉普敦水道展开。这是铁船之间的第一场战斗。

The battle at Hampton Roads between the Virginia and the Monitor was undecisive. It did not have much effect on the final result of America's Civil War.

维吉尼亚号和摩尼特号之间在汉普敦水道的战斗并非决定成败的因素，对美国内战的最终结果影响不大。

On his own authority, he ordered the ships to sail out of Hampton Roads and circle the earth by way of the Straits of Magellan, San Francisco, Australia, the Philippines, China, Japan, and the Suez Canal.

他以自己的名义命令船只驶出汉普顿路，绕过麦哲伦海峡、旧金山、澳大利亚、菲律宾、中国、日本和苏伊士运河，绕地球一圈。